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Blue-mouthed skink

The blue-mouthed skink is a skink in the. It is monotypic in the genus Caesoris. It is endemic to New Caledonia.

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Blue-mouthed skink
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Caesoris
Sadlier, Bauer, Shea, & Smith, 2015
Species:
C. novaecaledoniae
Binomial name
Caesoris novaecaledoniae
(Parker, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Lygosoma novae-caledoniae
  • Leiolopisma novaecaledonicum
  • Leiolopisma novaecaledoniae
  • Lioscincus novaecaledoniae
  • Leiolopisma vovaecaledoniae

The blue-mouthed skink (Caesoris novaecaledoniae) is a skink in the (family Scincidae). It is monotypic in the genus Caesoris.2 It is endemic to New Caledonia.

References

References

  1. Whitaker, A.H. & Sadlier, R.A. 2018. Caesoris novaecaledoniae (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T176168A123261163. Downloaded on 03 September 2018.
  2. Caesoris at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 31 August 2018.